LibGuides: Environmental Sciences: Getting Started

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Subjects: Earth & Ocean Science, Environmental Sciences, Marine Sciences, Sciences

Energy Data Resources: A collection of energy data sources and tools for data analysis compiled by researchers at the Duke Energy Initiative.

Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
Searches for journal articles and books in the areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, and energy
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Search for articles from scholarly journals in all areas of research
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Search peer-reviewed literature, including scientific journals, books and conference proceedings
CAB Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Search for articles related to agriculture, environment, veterinary sciences, plant sciences, mycology and parasitology, food science, human health and nutrition
GeoRef This link opens in a new window
Search for earth science journal articles and U.S. Geological Survey publications
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles in biomedicine. Citations are from MEDLINE and other medical and life science journals
ProQuest SciTech Collection This link opens in a new window
Search for articles on science and technology research

Online newspapers by region
Access national and global newspapers to which Duke University Libraries has a subscription
LexisUni Environment News
Environmental news from LexisUni
ClimateWire
Daily coverage of climate policy
Greenwire
Daily coverage of environmental and energy, politics and markets

ScienceDirect
includes works on biodiversity, ecology, energy, forestry, oceanography, and soils (limit search to "Reference Works" for background information).
Encyclopedia of Global Change
Encompassing tsunamis, elephant conservation, ocean pollution, mining regulation, and permafrost melt, the 300 authoritative articles in this unique and wide-ranging encyclopedia investigate all types of phenomena that change life on Earth.
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society
The Encyclopedia of Environment and Society brings together multiplying issues, concepts, theories, examples, problems, and policies, with the goal of clearly explicating an emerging way of thinking about people and nature.
Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science
The Encyclopedia of Geographical Information Science provides a condensed but rich resource about themes broadly across the field
Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change
A multi-authored, academic, yet non-technical resource for students and teachers to understand the importance of global warming, to appreciate the effects of human activity and greenhouse gases around the world, and to learn the history of climate change and the research enterprise examining it.